Royal debacle!

Item: Serenade of the Seas
Rating: 3.5
Author: joyfulcruiser

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review

joyfulcruiser

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2019

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Puerto Limon (port) needs much improvement. The process to valid/stamp our passports was unorganized and un---nerving.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Very disappointed how Royal Caribbean handled what they (a rep from a management team) called a possible last minute change by Columbia and/or Panama not allowing passengers already fully checked in online using their birth certificate only to board the ship without a passport. What??? We flew from Texas to Florida after paying thousands for this 11 night cruise, hotel stays and transportation!?! Total unprofessionalism and disregard. Not cool. This nightmare is not over.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Several of us coincidentally displayed flu-like symptoms after having lobster on formal night, day 10.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Not a lot of venues/shows to choose from.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5

Colon, Panama

2 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

2 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Escorted off by Royal Caribbean staff at 6:45am after receiving a letter from RC employee "Silvia" stating those of us who joined the ship mid cruise are required by Customs to disembark early to be cleared. What? After all we went through to meet the ship amid their debacle. Really???

4 Comments

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